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USS Growler (SSG-577)

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Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Donald Bosetti Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 116
Scope and Contents Donald Bosetti served aboard Growler as an engineman second class from 1959 to 1961. He began his interview by discussing his decision to join the Navy and his experiences in boot camp. Bosetti recalled his first days in the barracks as well as the ensuing arguments and fights that occurred between the recruits from the North and the recruits from the South. He also noted that, as boot camp came to an end, the recruits were given psychological tests, some of which he described in detail, and...
Dates: September 16, 2016

Lance Nowland Oral History

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Identifier: OHP 119
Scope and Contents Lance Nowland served on Growler as a missile technician second class from 1959 to 1962. He began his interview by recalling his decision to join the Navy and stating that he was in the Coast Guard Reserve while in high school. Nowland then continued, noting boot camp, as well as Temporary Active Duty at Anacostia Naval Air Station in Washington DC, before stating that he attended guided missilman A school in Dam Neck, VA. The topic of guided missileman A school then led to a discussion on...
Dates: September 16, 2016

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  • Subject: Guided Missiles -- Cruise Missiles -- Regulus 1 X
  • Subject: Humor -- Practical Jokes X
  • Subject: Growler -- control room and attack center X

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Engines -- Heat Engines -- Internal Combustion Engines -- Compression Ignition Engines -- Diesel Engines 3
Growler -- crew's quarters 3
Military Forces (United States) -- Navy 3
Recreation 3
Strategy -- Deterrence 3
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United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Pearl Harbor Naval Reservation (defense installation) 3
Discipline -- Captain's Mast 2
Food 2
Growler -- enlisted mess 2
Growler -- sail 2
Hazing 2
Hygiene 2
Liberty 2
Optical Equipment -- Periscopes -- Submarine Periscopes 2
Performance Tests -- Psychological Tests 2
Petty Officer 2nd Class, E-5 2
Russia (nation) -- Kamchatskiy Kray (kray) -- Kamchatka (peninsula) 2
United States (nation) -- Connecticut (state) -- New London (county) -- Groton (inhabited place) -- Naval Submarine Base New London (submarine base) 2
Accidents 1
Atmospheric Sciences -- Meteorology -- Meteorological Phenomena -- Storms -- Hurricanes 1
Celebrations -- Holidays -- Christmas 1
Communication And Radio Systems 1
Communications Technicians, CTs 1
Cuban Missile Crisis, October 16 - 28, 1962 1
Detection -- Submarine Detection 1
Discipline 1
Education -- Training -- Basic Training 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training 1
Education -- Training -- Military Training -- Naval Training -- Submarine Training -- Qualifying 1
Engineman Petty Officer 2nd Class, EN2 1
Families (Human) -- Family Members 1
Families (Human) -- Family Members -- Wives 1
Fluids -- Liquids -- Water -- Distilled Water 1
Growler -- chief petty officer quarters 1
Growler -- engine room 1
Growler -- engine room control booth 1
Growler -- forward torpedo room 1
Growler -- missile checkout and guidance center 1
Growler -- missile hangar(s), port missile hangar, starboard missile hangar 1
Maintenance Equipment -- Drydocks 1
Master Chief Petty Officer, E-9 1
Missile Technician Petty Officer 2nd Class, MT2 1
Navigation 1
Navigation -- Celestial Navigation 1
Navigation -- Dead Reckoning 1
Navigation -- Inertial Navigation 1
Navigation -- Navigational Aids -- Navigation Charts 1
Navigation -- Radio Navigation -- Hyperbolic Navigation -- Loran 1
Noise -- Noise(Sound) -- Submarine Noise 1
Ordnance -- Ammunition -- Antiship Ammunition -- Torpedoes 1
Personnel Management -- Promotion (Advancement) 1
Petty Officer 1st Class, E-6 1
Puerto Rico (dependent state) 1
Quartermaster 1st Class Petty Officer, QM1 1
Radioman Master Chief Petty Officer, RMCM 1
Recreation -- Entertainment -- Movies 1
Recreation -- Sports 1
Security -- Information Security -- Classified Materials 1
Tubes -- Torpedo Tubes 1
United States (nation) -- Alaska (state) -- Aleutians West (national division) -- Adak (inhabited place) -- Naval Air Facility Adak (air base) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) 1
United States (nation) -- Hawaii (state) -- Honolulu (county) -- Oahu (island) -- Honolulu (inhabited place) 1
United States (nation) -- Illinois (state) -- Lake (county) -- Naval Station Great Lakes (naval base) 1
United States (nation) -- Maine (state) -- York (county) -- Kittery (inhabited place) -- Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (shipyard) 1
Weapons -- Antisubmarine Weapons -- Depth Charges 1
World War II, December 1941–September 1945 1
Wounds And Injuries 1
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